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he Panera Bread/KWR
Ducati Superbike team has
withdrawn from this weekend's
MotoAmerica Superbike event
at The Ridge Motorsports Park.
After the crash and subsequent
injury of rider and team owner
Kyle Wyman, the team will forgo
participation in round four of the
championship to focus on the
following race event at Weath-
ertech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Shortly after winning the
King of the Baggers race on his
Harley-Davidson Road Glide,
Wyman crashed his Ducati Su-
perbike in race two on Sunday,
June 13, at Road America. The
slow low-side crash saw Wyman
catch his left elbow on a sharp
curbing edge on his way down,
resulting in multiple fractures of
the Olecranon bone, a signifi-
cant structural component of the
elbow joint.
Wyman had a surgical pro-
cedure to conduct a fixation of
the bone with a plate and seven
titanium screws. Wyman's com-
plete prognosis is still unclear,
but he will not be able to ride at
"The Ridge" in Washington State
for the event scheduled for June
25-27, 2021. KWR will not field a
replacement rider in MotoAmer-
ica Superbike at The Ridge and
will focus on the Laguna Seca
round of the series.
"Obviously this is a big set-
back for our season, specifically
for the Superbike program,"
Wyman said. "The crash was so
slow and simple I just got really
unlucky the way I fell and caught
the concrete edge and knew
immediately that something was
broken. Fortunately, I have some
of the best doctors around me
and they have bolted me back
together to get me healthy as
safely and as quickly as pos-
sible.
"The priority this week was to
arrange my surgery and recovery
to give myself the best oppor-
tunity to come back soon, and
strong," Wyman added. "With
these challenges, we decided as
a team not to force the issue and
put together a Superbike entry at
The Ridge with another rider. If
I am not fit in three weeks' time,
we will revisit that scenario for
Laguna Seca.
"At minimum, I want to be
healthy enough to finish the job
there in the Baggers Champion-
ship. The best-case scenario is
that I will feel strong enough to
race both bikes and compete in
both classes again. Right now, it
is too early to tell."
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Kyle Wyman will miss The Ridge
round of the MotoAmerica
Championship with an injury.
His exact return is not yet
known, though he hopes to be
back for Laguna Seca.
